SirTophamHat, I can see it working that way. For me, the alcohol over-powered the opiates, but I was taking just enough morphine to avoid getting sick. The booze came with some unpleasant side-effects like night-sweats, the shits, hangovers, and a shit attitude. I was only drinking heavily for about a month or so before I decided it was a shitty substitute for an opiate and becoming an alcoholic would just add to my problems (and it created a lot more problems over the course of 1 month than opiates have my entire life). My ol man drinks a 12pk of beer a night. I was drinking cheap whiskey. H swears that whiskey is worse than beer, but I think its just a cheaper and quicker way to drink rather than having to chug that piss-water all night.